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Marion Knight Jailed....

LAS VEGAS - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.
Knight, 43, posted $19,000 bail and was scheduled to be released late Wednesday with a promise to appear Sept. 26 in Las Vegas Justice Court, a court spokeswoman said.
Police said the founder of bankrupt Death Row Records was arrested about 6:40 a.m. after officers arrived at the scene of a minor traffic accident and found Knight hitting a woman in a parking lot off a busy thoroughfare.
"A citizen sees the beating in a parking lot, police get there fast, they see him beating her. It's a good solid case," said Las Vegas police Lt. Chris Carroll.
The woman was not stabbed but she was treated at a hospital for injuries that Carroll said were not life-threatening.
Police did not release the woman's name or age, but said she identified herself as Knight's girlfriend of three years.
"This is a very large man," Carroll said, estimating his weight at more than twice the woman's. "He was on top of her, actually in the act of violently beating her when the officers arrived, with the knife in his hand."
At least one officer drew a Taser stun gun as they approached Knight, said Officer Jacinto Rivera, a police spokesman. He said he did not know if the officers drew their handguns.
Knight dropped the folding knife and was taken into custody without incident, Carroll said.
He was booked into the Clark County jail on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor charges of possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and domestic violence.
Knight had the drugs Ecstasy and hydrocodone when he was arrested, Carroll said, but it was not clear if he or the woman had used drugs or alcohol before the arrest.
Lawyers David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, who are representing Knight, said they wanted to gather information about the arrest and talk with Knight before commenting.
Rivera said Knight and the woman left a Las Vegas strip club, Spearmint Rhino, shortly before the arrest. They were alone in a champagne-colored Cadillac Escalade.
Police said Knight and the woman argued in the vehicle while Knight was driving before he allegedly punched her in the head.
"The victim purposely grabbed the steering wheel and caused the vehicle to hit the curb," police said in a statement. Police said the woman tried to run away, but Knight caught her.
Knight has a history of legal problems and was with Tupac Shakur when the rapper was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.
Knight was convicted of assault in 1992 and placed on probation, then jailed for five years in 1996 for violating that probation.
He was returned to jail in 2003 for again violating parole for punching a parking attendant at a Hollywood nightclub. He was released the next year.
Knight was wounded during a shooting at a party in a Miami nightclub in August 2005.
His former record company was auctioned in June for $24 million to New York-based Global Music Group Inc.
Daniel McCarthy, a lawyer handling a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing for Knight and the record company, said Wednesday that the sale is pending.
Death Row Records was known for releasing seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and sold tens of millions of albums in the heyday of early 1990s rap.
In 2006, a federal judge ordered a bankruptcy trustee takeover of Death Row Records, saying the label had undergone gross mismanagement. Knight's decision to file for bankruptcy protection staved off a move by the court to appoint someone to take control of the record label and his assets.






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1. Falling Down - Oasis


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Hollywood's Top 10 Teens

No 1. Miley Cyrus
$25 Million
Cyrus' 70-date Best of Both Worlds concert tour sold out faster than you could say "Hannah Montana," leaving legions of screaming girls scrambling for tickets. In the past year, the 15-year-old also sold millions of CDs, signed a book deal and began filming a movie based on her Disney Channel series. She'll soon lend her voice to an animated canine comedy, Bolt.



No 2. Daniel Radcliffe
$24.5 Million
Last summer the British-born boy wizard, 19, signed a jaw-dropping contract worth an estimated $50 million to continue his leading role in the last two parts of the Harry Potter series. The final story, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has since been split into two movies, which should mean even more cash for him. Radcliffe also played the title role in BBC's TV movie My Boy Jack, a World War I story about Rudyard Kipling's ill-fated son, and he'll be baring all on Broadway in Equus.



No 3. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
$15 Million
They're 22 now, but the pint-sized twins still learn most of their income from their tween-oriented clothing and accessories outfit, Dualstar. They're also designing two lines for adults, the Row and Elizabeth & James.



No 4. Jonas Brothers
$12 Million
In the past year, these tween rockers, ages 15 to 20, pulled in $9 million from touring, plus another $3 million from CD sales, merchandise and television deals. In the works: a movie, a reality series and a TV drama.


No 5. Zac Efron
$5.8 Million
The High School Musical star and tween heartthrob, 20, had success last summer in Hairspray. Three upcoming movies: Seventeen Again (a comedy), Me and Orson Welles (an indie) and this fall's highly anticipated High School Musical 3.



No 6. Ashley Tisdale
$5.5 Million
Tisdale, 23, heads to the big screen as Vanessa Hudgens' foil in High School Musical 3. She also does voice work for the Disney Channel's animated Phineas and Ferb and endorses Red by Marc Ecko.


No 7. Emma Watson
$5.5 Million
The English sweetheart, 18, will once again play girl wizard Hermione Granger, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Her estimated paycheck: $5 million. Last year, she starred in Ballet Shoes, a BBC TV movie.


No 8. Hillary Duff
$5 Million
Before Miley Cyrus, Disney phenom Hilary Duff owned the tween market. Now the former Lizzie McGuire star, 20, is striving for a more mature audience with roles in indie flicks Greta, Safety Class and War, Inc.


No 9. Rupert Grint
$5 Million
The red-headed Brit, 19, is making an estimated $5 million playing Ronald Weasley in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He's spent some of his fortune on his childhood dream: an ice cream truck.
N0 10. Vanessa Hudgens
3.2 Million
Surviving the buzz from some indiscreet Web pictures, Hudgens, 18, is back in High School Musical 3. She's released a new album and has become a face for Neutrogena skin products and Marc Ecko sneakers





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1. Jennifer Aniston


2. John Mayer


3. Blake Lively


4. Jennifer Love Hewitt


5. Zac Efron


6. Lauren Conrad


7. George Clooney



8. Kate Hudson



9. Lindsay Lohan


10. Samantha Ronson





Introducing New,Slimmer Jennifer Love Hewitt

In November, Jeniffer Love Hewitt was criticized for weight gain after photos surfaced of her looking fuller-figured in a bikini in Hawaii."We know what you ate this summer, Love -- everything!" TMZ.com notoriously wrote.Now, the Ghost Whisperer star has the last laugh.In the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now, the 32-year-old shows off the new body she got after just 10 weeks and her trainer reveals to Us exclusively how she lost 18 pounds."I am in a pretty good workout regimen that I like, so it inspired me to keep it up," Hewitt tells Us. "The energy level and the way I feel now is great.""With her, it's not, 'I want to look good in that dress,'" trainer Stevie Sant'Angelo tells Us. "She wanted to start moving around because she thought it would make her feel better."She told me, 'They said some rude, mean things, but that's not why I wanted to change,'" Sant'Angelo says.






The Pineapple Express (Review)



Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. but when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop (Rosie Perez) and the city's most dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express.




The film is directed by David Gordon Green. The Screen play is by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg from a story by Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson produce.
Cast:
1. Seth Rogen as DALE DENTON
2. James Franco as SAUL SILVER
3. Danny R. McBride as RED
4. Gary Cole as TED JONES
5. Rosie Perez as CAROL
6. Amber Heard as ANGIE ANDERSON
7. Bill Hader as PRIVATE MILLER
8. James Remar as GENERAL BRATT










Vanessa Hudgens Sued

Vanessa is being Sued for $5 Million.


Johnny Vieira, a producer who once worked with "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens, filed a suit against his former client at Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday.
Vieira alleges that Hudgens and her father, Greg, as well as her record label, Hollywood Records, owe him $5 million in unpaid percentages and damages.


Vieira claims that he developed Hudgens' career until she landed a lead role in "HSM," at which time she tried to "discharge her prior 'team' without cause"; at the time, he alleges, he negotiated a settlement with the Hudgens, but now says that settlement has not been honored.




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World's Richest people

After staying on top for 13 years, BILL GATES is no longer the Richest Man in the world. The new upcomer being Mr.Warren Buffet, captured the place after claiming wealth worth $62 Billion, with GATES falling behind, with net worth $58 Billion.

Bill Gates not even holding his position on the second slot is now on the third position. The second position is now being held by the Telecom Giant having net worth of $60 Billion.
The TOP 20 Slots are as follows:
1. Warren Buffett
2. Carlos Slim Helu
3. William Gates
4. Lakshmi Mittal
5. Mukesh Ambani
6.Anil Ambani
1. Warren Buffet ($62 Bln):
America's most beloved investor is now the world's richest man. Soared past friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as shares of Berkshire Hathaway climbed 25% since the middle of last July. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim's), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See's Candies). Also has noncontrolling stakes in Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo. Insurance operations flourished in 2007. "That party is over. It's a certainty that insurance-industry profit margins, including ours, will fall significantly in 2008." The Oracle of Omaha issued a challenge to members of The Forbes 400 in October; said he would donate $1 million to charity if the collective group of richest Americans would admit they pay less taxes, as a percentage of income, than their secretaries. Had long promised to give away his fortune posthumously. Irrevocably earmarked the majority of his Berkshire shares to charity in 2006, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gift was valued at $31 billion on day of announcement; donation will far exceed that sum so long as Berkshire shares continue to rise.
Age: 77
Fortune: self made
Source: Berkshire Hathaway

2. Carlos Slim Helu ($60 Bln):
Second-richest man in the world this year; even richer than Microsoft's Bill Gates, at least for now, thanks to strong Mexican equities market and the performance of his wireless telephone company, America Movil. The son of a Lebanese immigrant, Slim made his first fortune in 1990 when he bought fixed line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in a privatization. In December, America Movil struck a deal with Yahoo to provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. A widower and father of six, Slim is a baseball fan and art collector. He keeps his art collection in Mexico City's Museo Soumaya, which he named after his late wife. In recent years, he has donated close to $7 billion worth of cash and stock to fund education and health projects, and to the revitalization of Mexico City's downtown historical district.
Age: 68
Fortune: self made
Source: telecom

3. William Gates ($58 Bln):
Harvard dropout and Microsoft visionary no longer the world's richest man. Blame Yahoo: Microsoft shares have fallen 15% since the company boldly attempted to merge with the search engine giant to better fight Google for Internet dominance. Gates is preparing to give up day-to-day involvement in the company he cofounded 33 years ago to spend more time focused on his philanthropic endeavors. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has $38.7 billion in assets, donates to causes aimed at bringing financial tools to the poor, speeding up the development of vaccines (for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis), bettering America's lagging high schools. Sells 20 million Microsoft shares every quarter, proceeds going to private investment vehicle Cascade; more than half of net worth now outside of Microsoft. Company spent $6 billion to land Web ad firm Aquantive last May. Would-be rival to Apple's iPod, the Zune, not yet a hit. Believes Microsoft's far-flung bets, including 10-year affair with Internet-based television, may soon pay off; says next 10 years will be the "most interesting" in software history.
Age: 52
Fortune: self made
Source: Microsoft

4. Lakshmi Mittal ($45 Bln):
Heads world's largest steelmaker, $105 billion (sales) ArcelorMittal, which accounts for 10% of all crude steel production. Just delivered 580 tons to be used in construction of the World Trade Center memorial in New York. With 44% stake, is the company's largest shareholder. Longtime resident of London is Europe's richest resident.
Age: 57
Fortune: inherited and growing
Source: steel

5. Mukesh Ambani ($43 Bln):
Asia's richest resident heads petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company by market cap. His fortune is up $22.9 billion since last year, making him the world's second biggest gainer in terms of dollars. The biggest gainer was his estranged brother Anil, who ranks 6th in the world just behind his older brother. The sons inherited their fortune from their late father, renowned industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani. But they couldn't get along and in 2005 their mother brokered a peace settlement breaking up the family's assets. Mukesh is using some of his money to build a 27-story home.
Age: 50
Fortune: inherited and growing
Source: petrochemicals
6. Anil Ambani ($42 Bln):
The year's biggest gainer, Anil Ambani, is up $23.8 billion in the past year, and is closing gap with estranged brother, Mukesh, who ranks one spot ahead of him in the world at number five. The sons inherited their fortune from their late father, renowned industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani. But they couldn't get along and in 2005 their mother brokered a peace settlement breaking up the family's assets. A marathon runner, his biggest asset is his 65% stake in telecom venture Reliance Communications. He recently raised $3 billion from the highly anticipated initial offering of his Reliance Power, the biggest in India's history. Despite the hype, the stock tumbled 17% immediately after its February listing. In a bid to appease investors, company's board recently approved the issue of bonus shares. Still feuding with brother Mukesh: battling him in court over a gas-supply agreement.
Age: 48
Fortune: inherited
Source: diversified




Isaac Hayes Dies.

Yet the "Theme from Shaft," which would earn both Grammys and an Oscar, was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes — who died Sunday at age 65 — was responsible.
He penned soul classics like "Hold On I'm Comin'" for Sam & Dave, helped usher in the era of disco and was a goldmine for countless hip-hop and R&B artists who used his illustrious arrangements as the focal point for their songs decades later.


"Isaac Hayes embodies everything that's soul music," Collin Stanback, an A&R executive at Stax, told The Associated Press on Sunday. "When you think of soul music you think of Isaac Hayes — the expression ... the sound and the creativity that goes along with it."

His influence also extended beyond music. His trademarked bald head, full beard and muscular frame, often adorned with a multitude of gold chains, made him a fashion trendsetter at a time when most of his contemporaries were sporting blowout Afros. He was also a symbol of black pride, and an activist for civil rights.

The Rev. Al Sharpton called Hayes a "creative genius" and added, "even in his later years he never hesitated to appear for a cause or endorse something that he felt was for the good of mankind. He will be sorely missed."

Hayes also acted in movies including "Tough Guys," "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka" and "Hustle & Flow." He had recently completed the movie "Soul Men," in which he played himself; the film also starred Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac, who died on Saturday after a bout with pneumonia. And a new generation of fans discovered the man behind "Shaft" when, in 1997, he became the voice of Chef on the Comedy Central show "South Park."
Hayes, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tenn., after collapsing Sunday afternoon near a treadmill in his home nearby.

Steve Shular, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said authorities received a 911 call after Hayes' wife and young son and his wife's cousin returned home from the grocery store and found him collapsed in a downstairs bedroom. A sheriff's deputy administered CPR until paramedics arrived.

Stanback said he was shocked to learn of the death of the singer, who was about to start work on a new record for Stax, the label Hayes helped make legendary.

In an industry filled with colorful and dynamic figures, Hayes was a standout on several levels, from his smooth baritone to his flamboyant style: It was almost as if he was made to be a musical god.

But Hayes spent the early part of his career firmly in the musical background. A self-taught musician from Covington, Tenn., he made a name for himself playing with various bands around Memphis. In 1964, he was hired by Stax Records to be a backup pianist, working as a session musician for Otis Redding and others. He also played saxophone.

He began writing songs, establishing a songwriting partnership with David Porter, and in the 1960s they wrote classic hits for Sam and Dave such as "Hold On, I'm Coming," "Soul Man," and "When Something is Wrong With My Baby." They also wrote for other Stax artists including Carla Thomas.

Hayes' work as a composer helped him secure a deal as a solo artist. His first album, "Presenting Isaac Hayes," was a poor seller, the result of an impromptu jam session. But after getting creative control, he delivered his next album, "Hot Buttered Soul" in 1969, and it made him a star.

Hayes offered something completely different to the musical world. In an era of straightened hair or Afros, Hayes was bald: "His look was just so profound," Stanback said. "He was like a superhero."

Whereas other soul crooners showed their passion through wails, Hayes delivery was calm, cool — almost subdued. He prefaced songs with "raps," and they ran longer than typical standard of three minutes: One song, a cover of Glen Campbell's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," ran 18 minutes.

"(Radio) jocks would play it at night," Hayes recalled of his songs in a 1999 Associated Press interview. "They could go to the bathroom, they could get a sandwich, or whatever."
Next came "Theme From Shaft," a No. 1 hit from the blaxploitation film "Shaft" starring Richard Roundtree.

"That was like the shot heard round the world," Hayes said in the 1999 interview.
At the Oscar ceremony in 1972, Hayes performed the song wearing an eye-popping amount of gold and received a standing ovation. TV Guide later chose it as No. 18 in its list of television's 25 most memorable moments. He won an Academy Award for the song and was nominated for another one for the score. The song and score also won him two Grammys.

In 1972, he won another Grammy for his album "Black Moses" and earned a nickname he reluctantly embraced. He was also part of the historic "Wattstax" concert in riot-ravaged Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Besides "Shaft," Hayes composed film scores for "Tough Guys" and "Truck Turner." He also did the song "Two Cool Guys" on the "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" movie soundtrack in 1996.
Additionally, he was the voice of Nickelodeon's "Nick at Nite" and had radio shows in New York City (1996 to 2002) and then in Memphis.

Though his last big hits on the charts ended in the 1980s, Hayes' presence in contemporary music continued as his songs were sampled on numerous hits by rap and R&B performers, ranging from Ashanti to Public Enemy to Jay-Z.

"The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence," he said. "And they'll tell you if you ask."


Stanback said: "A lot of artists owe Isaac his career because a lot of music was based on his foundation."

He garnered another audience and cult following with his work on "South Park." A school cook, Chef was in many ways the voice of reason in the otherwise outrageous animated social commentary, unwittingly imparting pearls of wisdom on the schoolboys who often came to him with their dilemmas; this, in spite of the fact that his foremost devotion was — true to Hayes' music and persona — being a ladies' man.

In the 1999 interview, Hayes described the character as "a person that speaks his mind; he's sensitive enough to care for children; he's wise enough to not be put into the 'wack' category like everybody else in town — and he l-o-o-o-o-ves the ladies."

But Hayes angrily quit the show in 2006 after an episode mocked his Scientology religion. "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs of others begins," he said.


Co-creator creators Matt Stone responded that Hayes "has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians." A subsequent episode of the show seemingly killed off the Chef character.

Hayes remained active in entertainment, even as he became a senior citizen. His Web site listed upcoming appearances and he was making plans for his Stax album. Stanback said it was to include Hayes' work on vintage tracks that he had left unfinished over the years.
"We were actually getting ready to schedule a trip to Memphis to talk to Isaac," he said.
Stanback called his death a tragedy.

"Isaac Hayes was a wonderful human begin and his spirit will live long in the form of his music," he said.




Garner-Afleck Buy House Worth $16 Million

A new baby is only about 1.5 square feet, butJennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are preparing for the birth of their second child by purchasing a $16 million house in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A., California. The house includes 7 bedrooms, 7 baths, 6 fireplaces, a brick wine cellar, a library and a 3-car garage. Its a 9900 square foot house . The house also has a large lawn, seating area and a deck with a built in barbe cue. The couples will be having Toby Maquire as their new neighbour.

The actress is pregnant with Ben's second baby and is believed to be 5 months pregnant and really happy about it.






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You have to admit this, one of the cutest couples
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Celebrity Moms

Katie Holmes:



Katie Holmes takes the day off to spend time with her girl SURI. She was spotted in the New York City Park playing with her baby girl.



Jamie Lynn Spears:

Jamie Lynn Spears was spotted in her hometown Louisiana pushing the baby cart of her 7 week old baby. She was shopping for baby diapers in WAL-MART wearing her shortie shorts and flip flops.





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1. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
2. Violet Hill - Coldplay
3. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
4. Shake It - Metro Station
5. No Air - Jordin Sparks
6. Take A Bow - Rihanna
7. Handlebars
8. 4 Minutes - Madonna
9. Apologize - One Republic
10. Love Song - Sara Barielles





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2. Fragile Future - Hawthorne Heights
3. Harps And Angels - Randy Newman




New Album Releases

1. L.E.S. Artistes - Santogold

2. Anticipation - Lewis Black
3. Harps And Angels - Randy Newman
4. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
5. The Ghost Overground - Jack's Mannequin




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2. Simon Cowell $50 Million an year
3. David Letterman $35 Million an year




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